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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the writer of the second Preface famous for?
(a) Being a slave trainer.
(b) Being an anti-slavery orator.
(c) Being a slave master.
(d) Writing.

2. What did the slaves produce on the main farm besides tobacco and corn?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Squash.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Potatoes.

3. Who did Phillips watch being dragged off to be lynched, according to his narrative in the second Preface?
(a) William Lloyd Garrison.
(b) Frederick Douglass.
(c) Daniel O'Connell.
(d) James McAlister.

4. What is the possible real reason that the female slave was beaten?
(a) She stole some food.
(b) She was disobedent.
(c) She is found with a male slave and her master was jealous.
(d) She ran away, but was later caught.

5. Garrison refers to Douglas as a man with what, in his Preface (x)?
(a) "Commanding stature."
(b) "Little hope."
(c) "A body ravaged by time."
(d) "High regard."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wendell Phillips do for a living?

2. Who was Slave Master Mr. Hopkins replaced with?

3. What was the name of the overseer who Douglass describes as cursing all day and whose death was seen as a blessing in Chapter 2?

4. When did William Lloyd Garrison see the abolitionist speech described in the Preface?

5. How old does Douglass write that he thinks he is in the first Chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony regarding the slaves wanting to work at the main farm?

2. What was the West Indies Experiment?

3. Why did the slaves claim that their master was better than other slaves' masters?

4. Describe the Great House Farm. Who owned it?

5. What does Philips say about Douglass and his life of slavery in the second Preface?

6. How does Douglass compare slaves to animals in Chapter 3?

7. What is the importance of the songs of the slaves in Chapter 2?

8. Who was Wendell Phillips?

9. Give two examples of slaves who were murdered that Douglass mentions in Chapter 4. Who killed them?

10. Why does Phillips say he does not want to know Douglass's name or place of birth in the second Preface?

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